what a great timeline that would be. >> ...what does former cdc rector tom frieden say now? >> "firing line with mgarehoover" is made possible by... additional funding is provided by... corporate funding is provided by... >> dr. tom frieden welcome to "firing line." rm glad to join you. >> you were the director of the united states center for disease control and prevention. you are currently the president and the c.e.o. of resolve to save lives, a global health initiative which works to prevent epidemics. >> andou are joining us at this unprecedented momenthi in americaory. so thank you for being he on video conference as we practice social distancing. >> i look forward to speaking with you. >> dr. frieden, i am two hoursid ouof new york city, and you are joining us from in your apartment inew york city, which was just this week declared the epicenter t pandemic in the united states. anyone who leaves new york city should self-quarantine for 14 days. do you agreeha withdirective? >> new york city, unfortunately is in whatow as the acceleration phase of the pdemic. that means

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tom frieden, thankth you for being s.resident trump has signaled he wants to ease the social- distancing guidelines in some areas of the united states. at is if certain criteria are met. yes in speaking at the white use briefing room. i'm joined by the bbc's gary o'donoghue. what are the details of what the president is proposing? gary: what he is saying is that unty by county across th u.s., wants states to change the guidelines come to take new guidelines that would allow them to great individual counties, individual municipalities on the low-risk, mediurisk, high risk. that would allow individual states to maintain, increase, or relax restrictions on a more local level. social distancing, requirements to work from home, etc. it is part of his idea that he thinks the country should be able to start reopening rather than having some massive reopen moment. he does seem to be pushing that fairly s clearly aing we can do that because of the data that is coming in on a very localized level, the testing data coming in around

tom frieden. then, general motors announces it will lend its factories to step up ventilator reduction. we will talk to gretchen whitmer about the viruses effect on the auto industry and the measures she is taking in her state. plus. >> tackling this pandemic is a national emergency akin to fighting a war. >> john: we will ask our sunday panel about the impact of coronavirus on the 2020 campaign i and the health of america. all right now on "fox news sunday." ♪ hello from fox news in nearly $2 trillion economic package to ease the financial fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. here is the latest. five states, new york, new jersey, connecticut and california all ordering nonessential workers to stay home. that's about one quarter of all americans. as a number of known cases in the u.s. surges above 27,000 including more than 300 deaths. vice president pence and his wife karen have both tested negative for coronavirus. in a moment we will speak with the treasury secretary about where we are going

tom frieden. what is your reaction to the death in california?es it tell us about the spread of the disease? . frieden: what we are going to see and outbreaks and clusters of whfections. we don't know, widespread community transmission as occurred in wuhan, china. the goal is to contain it by any possible by concentration, isolatn can keeping people from infecting others. if that isn't successful, you have to drop back on broader measures like closing schools and encouraging people to telework. laura: do we have enough testing americatest every dr. frieden: testing is being and people who don' have symptoms should be getting tested. if people have a dry cough, fever, particularly contact with someone who might have had this covid infection, it will be important to get tested. it will be important to test people with sere respiratory infections and also the standard testing in immunity sentinel -- community sentinel sites to understand where and how much it is spreading in the can be quite important. laura: united airlines is cutting back on domes

tom frieden, who was the head of the cdc until 2017, says they were aware of problems. he says the agency warned the government several times since 2010. and this report in october wasn't the only recent warning. the director of national intelligence sent a warning about u.s. vulnerability in both 2018 and 2019. this comes as senator richard burr, chairman of the intelligence committee, comes under fire for downplaying the coronavirus despite the stark warning from friends nearly two weeks before the u.s. started taking steps to contain the outbreak. >> it is much more aggressive in its transmission than anything that we have seen in recent history. it's probably more akin to the 1918 pandemic. >> senator burr is now accused of selling nearly $2 million in stocks after being warned about the virus. and he's not the only senator under fire. meanwhile, the trump administration says it did take action after that report in october. it says an executive order was issued to improve flu vaccines. >>> we're hearing a lot of discussion about possible treatments for the coronavir

dr tom frieden served as head of the centers for disease control and prevention, and is now presidentave lives. hejoins me now. thank you for being with us. new york city hospitals being overwhelmed by coronavirus patients. what is your reaction to what we're seeing here? this is what we had been feeling and unfortunately we anticipated a week or so ago what we are seeing is the risk of health—care facilities being overwhelmed, particularly by the need to care for people who are having trouble breathing. they may need oxygen or ventilators. and tragically many health care workers becoming infected. that's why it's important to do the physical distancing, stay at home and that is a warning, to every city ever in the world to take this by this very seriously. because there is no city anywhere in the world that can withstand this kind of huge increase. we need better tools to control it. right now we are very blunt instrument, stay home. the president is suggesting that counties across america be categorised as high—risk or low—risk and social—distancing be relaxed based on that. what do

tom frieden has been head of the cdc for eight years, now he says the death toll over a million is note. doctor, thank you so much for coming on.ea that's a horrifying number, hate to say that even out loud, but you ran the cdc. why do you think that's possible? >> as you state, tucker, we don't know exactly what will happen. if someone tells you what will happen, they don't know about the virus. what we do know, what we are seeing and what we are seeing elsewhere suggests that it is going to get a lot worse before it gets better. we will be better off if we prepare. it's individuals in health care and in government, and especially for people with underlying health conditions you might be particularly susceptible. but there is something all of us can do. individuals can wash their hands, cover your cough, do not go out if you are sick, and we may want to stop shaking hands for a while. you can labor some other greeting. for people with underlying conditions, it's important to stay away from other people until this is clear. exactly what they need to be doing, so they not have health ca

tom frieden. welcome back fox news sunday. on a personal level, good to see you. we interacted a lot when i was in atlanta, both of us were there. good to see you again. >> good to see you. john: let me ask you first of all, where do you think we are heading with this, with the number of infections rising, where on the infection curve are we? are we expecting tens of thousands of cases in the next few days and weeks? or are we expecting hundreds of thousands of cases? >> well, first off, we're in different places in different parts of the u.s. and different parts of the world. that's why it is so important that state and local health departments and governments have a key role here in tracking what's happening, locally, not only with the virus, but with the healthcare system and advising people on what to do. here in new york city, where i am today, we are really telling everyone stay home. in new york city, where the hospitals are getting overwhelmed, we're saying if you have mild illness, don't get tested. stay home because it is not going to change anything, ev

and in fact, tom frieden, who is the former cdc director, wrote an op-ed i think yesterday when he was talking about some interesting suggestions about various regions of the globe and respiratory infections that might be related to vitamin d. no definite proof, but, again, you're not getting hurt. but when you're talking about a drug that might have some toxicity, that's a different thing. that's why you keep hearing me over and over again saying the best optimal way is to do a randomized control trial to determine as quickly as possible whether something works, and if it does, get it out there. it doesn't, get it off the table. >> so, let me ask you something. new york, this two to three-week window where there is going to be a crush. forget about the timing. forget about the when. let's just deal with the reality. how frightening may it be for people living here and obviously watching all over the country of what they see at the hospitals? do you think there's a chance that we're going to relive a katrina-type event when we were down there reporting in front of the superdome and the

tom frieden. here it is. >> i would feel a lot safer if it were clear the cdc is both at the table where the decisions are being made and at the podium where they are being explained in order to do more and protect people more. we need their full involvement. fighting this without cdc central to the response has never been done with an infectious disease whether. it's like fighting with one hand tied behind your back. >> that's not a great description. what do you make of that? >> it's disturbing. the cdc just thinking back to my experience with swine flu and what the white house did in coordination for something that has nowhere near the cases we have for coronavirus, the cdc was not only front and center but so were all the other potential arms of the federal government. the defense department. not only is it troubling to hear this, but that's why you are seeing doctors putting up web pages and asking for help when we should be getting that help -- let's be clear. it's not the career and public

wallace, he'll be joined by treasury secretary steven mnuchin and former cdc director tom fienden to discuss the -- friedensive relief bill we were just discussing. he will also speak with michigan governor gretchen witmer about how the virus changing the auto industry. check your local listings for the times it runs in your area, or you can catch "fox news sunday "2 p.m. and 7 p.m. eastern time right here on fox news channel. >>> up next, how distilllies are improving our chances of staying healthy during this pandemic. ♪ ♪ if you look close... jamie, are there any interesting photos from your trip? ouch, okay. huh, boring, boring, you don't need to see that. oh, here we go. can you believe my client steig had never heard of a home and auto bundle or that renters could bundle? wait, you're a lawyer? only licensed in stockholm. what is happening? jamie: anyway, game show, kumite, cinderella story. you know karate? no, alan, i practice muay thai, completely different skillset. with our moving and storage solutions. pack what you want, we store it for as long as you want. then, we deliver it where you want,